Victim Forced Into Bank, Ordered to Withdraw Cash in Silver Spring

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Montgomery County Police are searching for the people who stole money from two victims at a hotel and forced one of them into a bank to withdraw more money in Silver Spring on Thursday.

One victim told authorities he had a string of good luck at the Maryland Live! Casino Wednesday night and won a large sum of money. He then checked into a hotel room at the Courtyard by Marriott located at Cherry Hill Road and Columbia Pike.

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Police are looking for three men and a woman in connection to a bizarre series of crimes that started wtih a man getting robbed at gunpoint of his casino winnings at a Silver Spring hotel. News4's Pat Collins reports. (Published Thursday, Jun 26, 2014)

Around 6:30 a.m. Thursday, he answered a knock at the door to find three men and a woman who demanded his money. He complied, but they ordered him to get more.

He then called a friend and asked him to come to the hotel.

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The second victim was accosted upon arrival, and three of the suspects forced him to a Bank of America in the 11400 block of Columbia Pike.